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Can anyone teach me Gymkhana or recommend anyone?
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Pushrod
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Post videos, please.
https://m-gymkhana.com/ used to hold events up here but lost their place to do so- find them a replacement and maybe they can come back up here. 
augustiron
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I do recall something something about figure 8s in a parking lot being the way....
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(spammish) I am going to recommend the "Total Control" schools' IRC (Intermediate Riders Course) and ARC (Advanced Riders Course), held locally, check out my employer's website www.PacificMotorcycleTraining.com ((endspam))
berth
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I don't know anything.
But I recall a F9 video where he took a police course. And the big take away from that was that you basically get the bike up to about 4K RPM, leave it there, and everything else is done with the clutch. Now working the clutch in slow speed maneuvering is pretty routine, but I thought the 4K number was very interesting.
But I recall a F9 video where he took a police course. And the big take away from that was that you basically get the bike up to about 4K RPM, leave it there, and everything else is done with the clutch. Now working the clutch in slow speed maneuvering is pretty routine, but I thought the 4K number was very interesting.
ST Guy
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I can’t help you with an instructor, but I’ll tell you what I used to do when I wanted to ride quickly. I’d sit as far forward as possible, putting more weight on the front tire. I remember riding with an AFM member down Jamison Creek Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He was riding his Honda 600, I my big ST1100. I simply moved as far forward as I could and rode the front wheel down. We rode at a very brisk pace and I was on the tail of my friend the whole way down. He was surprised at the bottom when I stopped right beside him. He asked me how I could hustle that big bike down the hill as quickly as I did. We had to wait quite a while for my brother to show up on his Suzuki 650.
My bike was heavy at 725 lbs fully gassed. And I usually carried 20 to 30 lbs of gear in the bags and tank bag. And I, with all my riding gear, weighed close to 280. He was impressed.
Of course my bike wasn’t stock. I’d had my forks and my rear shock upgraded.
My bike was heavy at 725 lbs fully gassed. And I usually carried 20 to 30 lbs of gear in the bags and tank bag. And I, with all my riding gear, weighed close to 280. He was impressed.
Of course my bike wasn’t stock. I’d had my forks and my rear shock upgraded.
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You can call Evan at Monkey Moto! He’s a great coach and a great dude. San Francisco though. https://www.monkeymotoschool.com/
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I too will recommend Evan at Monkey Moto School. He'll take you out and go through low speed technique in a large parking lot - lots of cone work.
If you want the 'full' police-level gymkhana experience - learning to get faster going through cones, tight turns at 'speed', fast acceleration and quick stopping, then there are some Facebook groups for folks in the Bay Area. But it will take a lot of work to get as good as e.g. a Japanese motor unit.
If you want the 'full' police-level gymkhana experience - learning to get faster going through cones, tight turns at 'speed', fast acceleration and quick stopping, then there are some Facebook groups for folks in the Bay Area. But it will take a lot of work to get as good as e.g. a Japanese motor unit.
ST Guy
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Bummer. It was a great course and, as you mentioned, great fun.
I remember the “notorious” W pattern. We had taken time off for lunch and since our instructors hadn’t returned yet and we had cones layed out and old police Kawasaki’s at hand, we thought we’d have a go at the W. I aced it first time through and spent the rest of lunch riding through it, both directions, until our instructors finally came back and scolded us for riding while they weren’t there. Again, great fun.
I remember the “notorious” W pattern. We had taken time off for lunch and since our instructors hadn’t returned yet and we had cones layed out and old police Kawasaki’s at hand, we thought we’d have a go at the W. I aced it first time through and spent the rest of lunch riding through it, both directions, until our instructors finally came back and scolded us for riding while they weren’t there. Again, great fun.